Publication


Jounal papers

    2025

  1. S. Makita and Y. Honda: ``Mechanical and Geometric Constraints for Robotic Assembly with a Single Manipulator,'' Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 731--741, Jun 2025.
  2. 2023

  3. K. Makihara, T. Otsubo, and S. Makita: ``Through-hole Detection and Finger Insertion Planning as Preceding Motion for Hooking and Caging a Ring,'' J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol .35, No. 3, pp.734--742, June 2023.
  4. 2021

  5. S. Makita, T. Sasaki and T. Urakawa: ``Offline Direct Teaching for a Robotic Manipulator in the Computational Space,'' Int. J. of Automation Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 197--205, Mar. 2021.
  6. 2017

  7. S. Makita and W. Wan: ``A Survey of Robotic Caging and its Applications,'' Advanced Robotics, vol. 31, issue 19--20, pp. 1071--1085, Sep 2017.
  8. H. Hamada, S. Makita and S. Matsutani: ``Mathematics in Caging of Robotics,'' J. of Geometry and Symmetry in Physics, Vol. 44, pp. 55--66, Jul 2017.
  9. 2016

  10. S. Makita and K. Nagata: ``Evaluation of Quality of Partial Caging by a Planar Two-Fingered Hand,'' Advanced Robotics, Vol. 30, Issue 3, pp. 178--189, Feb 2016.
  11. 2013

  12. S. Makita, K. Okita and Y. Maeda: ``3D Two-Fingered Caging for Two Types of Objects: Sufficient Conditions and Planning,'' Int. J. of Mechatronics and Automation, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 263--277, Dec 2013.

Conference proceedings

    2026

  1. K. Lertdumronglak, S. Makita and S. Zhu: ``Material heat transfer properties estimation under fluctuating heat source with thermal camera,'' 17th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Jul 2026.
  2. T. Kogo and S. Makita: Sequential joint angle calculation of robotic manipulator using basic jacobian matrix in virtual motion tracking,'' 17th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Jul 2026.
  3. T. Horikawa, T. Mori, H. Li, Z. Zeng, Z. Tan, M. Sato and S. Makita: ``Basic Study on Tomato Harvesting with Dual-Arm Cooperation,'' Int'l Symp. on Artificial Life and Robotics, OS16-3, Beppu, Jan 2024.
  4. 2025

  5. M. Kokubu, R. Nawata and S. Makita: ``Eye-Head Coordination in Volleyball Referees Using A Head-Mounted Display,'' Int'l Society of Sport Psychology 16th World Congress, Hong Kong, China, Dec 2025.
  6. 2024

  7. S. Makita, A. Hayashida and T. Otsubo: ``A Discrete Exploration of Object Configuration for Three-dimensional Caging Grasps,'' JSME-RMD Int'l. Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics, pp. 231--232, Kitakyushu, Nov 2024.
  8. Ken Lertdumronglak and Satoshi Makita: ``Material classification using heat transfer analysis with infrared camera,'' 29th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, GS31-5, Beppu, Jan 2024.
  9. 2019

  10. S. Makita and K. Makihara: ``Homogeneous Quantitative Measure of Caging Grasps with both Geometrical and Mechanical Constraints,'' 19th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, pp. 311--316, Jeju, Korea, Oct 2019.
  11. S. Makita and H. Hachiguchi: ``Electromyograph Classification of Six Hand-Actions for Twisting Manipulation,'' IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, pp. 702--707, Osaka, Japan, Jul 2019.
  12. 2015

  13. S. Makita, M. Maeda, Y. Kawafuchi and R. Nawata: ``A Mechanical Model of Elasticity Attributed to Flexor Digitorum,'' The 6th JSME/RMD Int. Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics, pp. 84--85, Tokyo, Japan, Dec 2015.
  14. S. Makita, S. Tsuji, T. Tsuji, K. Harada: ``Object Recognition and Planning of Ring-type Caging for Scissors,'' The 6th JSME/RMD Int. Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics, pp. 140-141, Tokyo, Japan, Dec 2015.
  15. S. Makita, M. Maeda, Y. Kawafuchi and R. Nawata: ``Estimation of Elastic and Dynamic Properties of a Finger Attributed to Muscle-Tendon Complex by Measuring Joint Angles,'' the 25th Congress of the Int. Society of Biomechanics, AS-0165, Glasgow, UK, July 2015.
  16. S. Makita and K. Nagata: ``Evaluation of Finger Configuration for Partial Caging,'' in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4838--4844, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015.
  17. 2013

  18. S. Makita and Y. Maeda: ``Joint Torque Optimization for Quasi-static Graspless Manipulation,'' in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3715--3720, Karlsruhe, Germany, May. 2013.
  19. 2012

  20. S. Makita, K. Okita and Y. Maeda: ``Motion Planning for 3D multifingered Caging with Object Recognition using AR Picture Markers,'' in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation, pp. 2158--2164, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Aug. 2012.
  21. 2009

  22. Y. Maeda, Y. Goto and S. Makita: ``A New Formulation for Indeterminate Contact Forces in Rigid-body Statics,'' in Proc. of IEEE Int. Symp. on Assembly and Manufacturing, pp. 298--303, Suwon, Korea, Nov. 2009.
  23. 2008

  24. S. Makita and Y. Maeda: ``3D Multifingered Caging: Basic Formulation and Planning,'' Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2697--2702, Nice, France, Sep. 2008.
  25. Y. Maeda, T. Ushioda and S. Makita: ``Easy Robot Programming for Industrial Manipulators by Manual Volume Sweeping,'' Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2234--2239, CA, USA, May 2008.
  26. 2007

  27. S. Makita, Y. Kadono, Y. Maeda, S. Miura, I. Kunioka and K. Yoshida: ``Manipulation of Submillimeter-sized Electronic Parts Using Force Control and Vision-based Position Control,'' Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1834--1839, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 2007.
  28. Y. Maeda, K. Oda and S. Makita: ``Analysis of Indeterminate Contact Forces in Robotic Grasping and Contact Tasks,'' Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1570--1575, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 2007.
  29. S. Makita, S. Nakamura and Y. Maeda: ``Joint Torque Optimization for Grasp/Graspless Manipulation,'' I. Fragoso et al. eds., Proc. of the 3rd International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling for Human Functions, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, pp. 203--210, Cascais, Portugal, Jun. 2007.
  30. 2006

  31. T. Kobayashi, Y. Maeda, S. Makita, S. Miura, I. Kunioka and K. Yoshida: ``Manipulation of Micro Solder Balls for Joining Electronic Components,'' Proc. of Int. Symp. on Flexible Automation, pp. 408--411, Osaka, Japan, Jul. 2006.
  32. Y. Maeda and S. Makita: ``A Quantitative Test for the Robustness of Graspless Manipulation,'' Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1743--1748, Orlando, FL, USA, May 2006.

Presentation

    2018

  1. R. Yamaguchi, S. Yoshikawa and S. Makita: ``Ultrasonographic Observation of Stretched Flexor Digitorum in Forced Dorsiflexion,'' Proc. of Int. Symp. on Innovative Engineering, PS06, Kagoshima, Japan, Jan 2018.
  2. 2017

  3. S. Makita and T. Otsubo: ``Discretized Caging Set of Three Dimensional Arbitrary Rigid Bodies and Multifingered Hands,'' IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abstract-only poster session, MoAmPo.35, Sep. 2017.
  4. S. Makita and T. Maeda: ``A Use Case of Telepresence Robots for Science Communication,'' IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abstract-only poster session, MoAmPo.21, Sep. 2017.